The LIA Nano-BioCatchem was built up in 2016 based on the former LIA (the department of chemistry of Ecole Normale Superieure led by Prof. Christian Amatore and the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces of Xiamen University led by Academician Zhongqun Tian). The joint laboratory was composed of Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Ecole Normale Superieure, Université de Rennes 1, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces of Xiamen University and Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of Wuhan University led by professor Daiwen Pang.

The new LIA will extend its original research domain to some other realms such as nanometer catalytic material, systems biology and micro-nano systems biology, in vivo system and tissue microfluidics and nano-detection. This cooperation agreement will contribute to the development of chemistry and promote the collaboration in depth between Wuhan University and some top international universities along with other domestic first-class research institutions.